Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Named Acting Prime Minister

Bishop replaces Barnaby Joyce

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has named Foreign Minister Julie Bishop as Acting Prime Minister during his trip to Israel.

"I will be travelling oversees to Israel on Monday to participate in the commemoration of the battle of Bersheva ... it was one of the most dramatic victories undertaken by Australia in the First World War," Turnbull told reporters in Sydney.

"Julie Bishop will be acting Prime Minister while I will be overseas."